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Location: Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay

Geographic coordinates: 34 00 S, 64 00 W

Map reference: South America

Area
Total: 2,780,400 km²
Land: 2,736,690 km²
Water: 43,710 km²
Comparative: slightly less than three-tenths the size of the US
Country comparison total: 11,968 km
Country comparison border countries: (5) Bolivia 942 km; Brazil 1,263 km; Chile 6,691 km; Paraguay 2,531 km; Uruguay 541 km

Land boundaries
Total: 11,968 km
Border countries: (5) Bolivia 942 km; Brazil 1,263 km; Chile 6,691 km; Paraguay 2,531 km; Uruguay 541 km

Coastline: 4,989 km

Maritime claims
Territorial sea: 12 nm
Contiguous zone: 24 nm
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

Climate: mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest

Terrain: rich plains of the Pampas in northern half, flat to rolling plateau of Patagonia in south, rugged Andes along western border

Elevation
Highest point: Cerro Aconcagua (located in the northwestern corner of the province of Mendoza; highest point in South America) 6,962 m
Lowest point: Laguna del Carbón (located between Puerto San Julián and Comandante Luis Piedra Buena in the province of Santa Cruz) -105 m
Mean elevation: 595 m

Natural resources: fertile plains of the pampas, lead, zinc, tin, copper, iron ore, manganese, petroleum, uranium, arable land

Land use
Agricultural land: 53.9% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land arable land: 13.9% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land permanent crops: 0.4% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land permanent pasture: 39.6% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land forest: 10.7% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land other: 35.4% (2018 est.)

Irrigated land: 23,600 km² (2012)

Major rivers
By length in km: Río de la Plata/Paraná river mouth (shared with Brazil [s], Paraguay, and Uruguay) - 4,880 km; Paraguay (shared with Brazil [s], and Paraguay [m]) - 2,549 km; Uruguay (shared with Brazil [s] and Uruguay [m]) - 1,610 km
By length in km note: [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth

Major watersheds area km²: Atlantic Ocean drainage: Paraná (2,582,704 km²)

Total water withdrawal
Municipal: 5.85 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Industrial: 4 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Agricultural: 27.93 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)

Total renewable water resources: 876.24 billion m³ (2020 est.)

Natural hazards: San Miguel de Tucumán and Mendoza areas in the Andes subject to earthquakes; pamperos are violent windstorms that can strike the pampas and northeast; heavy flooding in some areas
Volcanism: volcanic activity in the Andes Mountains along the Chilean border; Copahue (2,997 m) last erupted in 2000; other historically active volcanoes include Llullaillaco, Maipo, Planchón-Peteroa, San José, Tromen, Tupungatito, and Viedma

Geography
Note 1: second-largest country in South America (after Brazil); strategic location relative to sea lanes between the South Atlantic and the South Pacific Oceans (Strait of Magellan, Beagle Channel, Drake Passage); diverse geophysical landscapes range from tropical climates in the north to tundra in the far south; Cerro Aconcagua is the Western Hemisphere's tallest mountain, while Laguna del Carbón is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere; shares Iguazú Falls, the world's largest waterfalls system, with Brazil
Note 2: southeast Bolivia and northwest Argentina seem to be the original development site for peanuts


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Population
Distribution: one-third of the population lives in Buenos Aires; pockets of agglomeration occur throughout the northern and central parts of the country; Patagonia to the south remains sparsely populated
Total: 46,994,384
Male: 23,274,794
Female: 23,719,590 (2024 est.)
Growth rate: 0.79% (2024 est.)
Below poverty line: 39.2% (2022 est.)
Below poverty line note: % of population with income below national poverty line

Nationality
Noun: Argentine(s)
Adjective: Argentine

Ethnic groups: European (mostly Spanish and Italian descent) and Mestizo (mixed European and Indigenous ancestry) 97.2%, Indigenous 2.4%, African descent 0.4% (2010 est.)

Languages: Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French, indigenous (Quechua, Guarani, Mapudungun)
Major-language samples: La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish); Gheos World Guide, the indispensable source for basic information.

Religions: Roman Catholic 62.9%, Evangelical 15.3% (Pentecostal 13%, other Evangelical 2.3%), Jehovah's Witness and Church of Jesus Christ 1.4%, other 1.2% (includes Muslim, Jewish), none 18.9% (includes agnostic and atheist), unspecified 0.3% (2019 est.)

Demographic profile

Age structure
0-14 years: 23.3% (male 5,632,983/female 5,301,778)
15-64 years: 63.9% (male 15,071,215/female 14,956,069)
65 years and over: 12.8% (2024 est.) (male 2,570,596/female 3,461,743)

Dependency ratios
Total dependency ratio: 54.3
Youth dependency ratio: 36
Elderly dependency ratio: 18.2
Potential support ratio: 5.5 (2021 est.)

Median age
Total: 33.3 years (2024 est.)
Male: 32.1 years
Female: 34.6 years

Population growth rate: 0.79% (2024 est.)

Birth rate: 15.2 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)

Death rate: 7.3 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)

Net migration rate: -0.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)

Population distribution: one-third of the population lives in Buenos Aires; pockets of agglomeration occur throughout the northern and central parts of the country; Patagonia to the south remains sparsely populated

Urbanization
Urban population: 92.5% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization: 0.97% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

Major urban areas
Population: 15.490 million BUENOS AIRES (capital), 1.612 million Córdoba, 1.594 million Rosario, 1.226 million Mendoza, 1.027 million San Miguel de Tucumán, 914,000 La Plata (2023)

Environment
Current issues: environmental problems (urban and rural) typical of an industrializing economy such as deforestation, soil degradation (erosion, salinization), desertification, air pollution, and water pollution
International agreements party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
International agreements signed but not ratified: Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Marine Life Conservation

Air pollutants
Particulate matter emissions: 12.04 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions: 201.35 megatons (2016 est.)
Methane emissions: 120.66 megatons (2020 est.)

Sex ratio
At birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female
Total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2024 est.)

Mothers mean age at first birth

Maternal mortality ratio: 45 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)

Infant mortality rate
Total: 9 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)
Male: 9.9 deaths/1,000 live births
Female: 7.9 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth
Total population: 78.8 years (2024 est.)
Male: 75.8 years
Female: 82 years

Total fertility rate: 2.15 children born/woman (2024 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate: 70.1% (2019/20)

Drinking water source
Improved urban: 99.8% of population
Unimproved rural: NA
Unimproved total: (2020 est.) NA
Unimproved urban: 0.2% of population

Current health expenditure

Physicians density

Hospital bed density: 5 beds/1,000 population (2017)

Sanitation facility access
Improved urban: 100% of population
Improved rural: NA
Improved total: (2020 est.) NA
Unimproved: NA

Hiv/Aids

Major infectious diseases

Obesity adult prevalence rate: 28.3% (2016)

Alcohol consumption
Per capita total: 7.95 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Per capita beer: 3.62 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Per capita wine: 2.88 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Per capita spirits: 0.72 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Per capita other alcohols: 0.72 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

Tobacco use
Total: 24.5% (2020 est.)
Male: 29.4% (2020 est.)
Female: 19.6% (2020 est.)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight: 1.7% (2018/19)

Education expenditures: 5% of GDP (2020 est.)

Literacy
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
Total population: 99%
Male: 98.9%
Female: 99.1% (2018)

School life expectancy primary to tertiary education
Total: 18 years
Male: 17 years
Female: 20 years (2020)

Youth unemployment
Rate ages 15 24 total: 18% (2023 est.)
Rate ages 15 24 male: 16.9% (2023 est.)
Rate ages 15 24 female: 19.5% (2023 est.)
Rate ages 15 24 note: % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment


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Country name
Conventional long form: Argentine Republic
Conventional short form: Argentina
Local long form: República Argentina
Local short form: Argentina
Etymology: originally the area was referred to as Tierra Argentina, i.e., 'Land beside the Silvery River' or 'silvery land,' which referred to the massive estuary in the east of the country, the Río de la Plata (River of Silver); over time the name shortened to simply Argentina or 'silvery'

Government type: presidential republic

Capital
Name: Buenos Aires
Geographic coordinates: 34 36 S, 58 22 W
Time difference: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Etymology: the name translates as 'fair winds' in Spanish and derives from the original designation of the settlement that would become the present-day city, 'Santa Maria del Buen Aire' (Saint Mary of the Fair Winds)

Administrative divisions: 23 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 autonomous city*; Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Chubut, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires*, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquen, Rio Negro, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego - Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur (Tierra del Fuego - Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands), Tucuman
Note: the US does not recognize any claims to Antarctica

Dependent areas

Independence: 9 July 1816 (from Spain)

National holiday: Revolution Day (May Revolution Day), 25 May (1810)

Constitution
History: several previous; latest effective 11 May 1853
Amendments: a declaration of proposed amendments requires two-thirds majority vote by both houses of the National Congress followed by approval by an ad hoc, multi-member constitutional convention; amended several times, last significant amendment in 1994

Legal system: civil law system based on West European legal systems
Note: in mid-2015, Argentina adopted a new civil code, replacing the old one in force since 1871

International law organization participation: has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction

Citizenship
Citizenship by birth: yes
Citizenship by descent only: yes
Dual citizenship recognized: yes
Residency requirement for naturalization: 2 years

Suffrage: 18-70 years of age; universal and compulsory; 16-17 years of age - optional for national elections

Executive branch
Chief of state: President Javier Gerardo MILEI (since 10 December 2023)
Head of government: President Javier Gerardo MILEI (since 10 December 2023)
Cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president
Elections/appointments: president and vice president directly elected on the same ballot by qualified majority vote (to win, a candidate must receive at least 45% of votes or 40% of votes and a 10-point lead over the second place candidate; if neither occurs, a second round is held ); the president serves a 4-year term (eligible for a second consecutive term); election last held on 22 October 2023 with a runoff held 19 November 2023 (next to be held in October 2,027)
Election results: 2023: Javier Gerardo MILEI elected president in second round; percent vote in first round - Sergio Tomás MASSA (FR) 36.7%, Javier Gerardo MILEI (PL) 30%, Patricia BULLRICH 23.8% (JxC/PRO), Juan SCHIARETTI (PJ) 6.8%, Myriam BREGMAN (PTS) 2.7%; percent of vote in second round - Javier Gerardo MILEI 55.7%, Sergio Tomás MASSA 44.3%; 2019: Alberto Ángel FERNÁNDEZ elected president; percent of vote - Alberto Angel FERNÁNDEZ (TODOS) 48.1%, Mauricio MACRI (PRO) 40.4%, Roberto LAVAGNA (independent) 6.2%, other 5.3%

Legislative branch
Description: bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of: Senate or Senado (72 seats; members directly elected from 24 provincial districts by closed-list proportional representation vote; 2 seats per district awarded to the party with the most votes and 1 seat per district to the party with the second highest votes; members serve 6-year terms with one-third of the membership renewed every 2 years), Chamber of Deputies or Cámara de Diputados (257 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed-list proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms with one-half of the membership renewed every 2 years)

Judicial branch
Highest courts: Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (consists of the court president, vice president, 2 judges, 1 vacancy)
Judge selection and term of office: judges nominated by the president and approved by the Senate; ministers can serve until mandatory retirement at age 75; extensions beyond 75 require renomination by the president and approval by the Senate
Subordinate courts: federal level appellate, district, and territorial courts; provincial level supreme, appellate, and first instance courts

Political parties and leaders: Avanza Libertad or AL, Civic Coalition ARI or CC-ARI, Consenso Federal (Federal Consensus) or CF, Frente Cívico por Santiago (Civic Front for Santiago), Frente de Izquierda y de los Trabajadores – Unidad (Workers' Left Front) or FIT-U (coalition of leftist parties in lower house; includes PTS, PO, and MST), Frente de la Concordia Misionero (Front for the Renewal of Social Concord) or FRCS, Frente Renovador (Renewal Front) or FR, Generación por un Encuentro Nacional (Generation for a National Encounter) or GEN, Hacemos por Córdoba (We do for Cordoba) or HC, Hacemos por Nuestro Pais (We Do For Our Country) or NHP, Juntos por el Cambio (Together for Change) or JxC (includes CC-ARI, PRO, and UCR)

International organization participation: AfDB (nonregional member), Australia Group, BCIE, BIS, CAN (associate), CD, CABEI, CELAC, FAO, FATF, G-15, G-20, G-24, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, LAIA, Mercosur, MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSTAH, NAM (observer), NSG, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, Paris Club (associate), PCA, PROSUR, SICA (observer), UN, UNASUR, UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, Union Latina (observer), UNOOSA, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

Diplomatic representation
In the us: chief of mission: Ambassador Gerardo WERTHEIN (since 17 June 2024)
In the us chancery: 1600 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20,009
In the us telephone: [1] (202) 238-6,400
In the us fax: [1] (202) 332-3,171
In the us email address and website: eeeuu@mrecic.gov.ar; [link]
In the us consulates general: Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York
From the us chief of mission: Ambassador Marc Robert STANLEY (since 24 January 2022)

Flag description: three equal horizontal bands of sky blue (top), white, and sky blue; centered in the white band is a radiant yellow sun with a human face (delineated in brown) known as the Sun of May; the colors represent the clear skies and snow of the Andes; the sun symbol commemorates the appearance of the sun through cloudy skies on 25 May 1810 during the first mass demonstration in favor of independence; the sun features are those of Inti, the Inca god of the sun

National symbols: Sun of May (a sun-with-face symbol); national colors: sky blue, white

National anthem
Name: 'Himno Nacional Argentino' (Argentine National Anthem)
Lyrics/music: Vicente LOPEZ y PLANES/Jose Blas PARERA
Note: adopted 1813; Vicente LOPEZ was inspired to write the anthem after watching a play about the 1810 May Revolution against Spain

National heritage
Total world heritage sites: 12 (7 cultural, 5 natural)
Selected world heritage site locales:


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Economy overview: large diversified economy; financial risks from debt obligations, rapid inflation, and reduced investor appetites; resource-rich, export-led growth model; increasing trade relations with China; G20 and OAS leader; tendency to nationalize businesses and under-report inflation

Real gdp purchasing power parity: $1.235 trillion (2023 est.); $1.254 trillion (2022 est.); $1.195 trillion (2021 est.)
Note: data in 2021 dollars

Real gdp growth rate: -1.55% (2023 est.); 4.96% (2022 est.); 10.72% (2021 est.)
Note: annual GDP % growth based on constant local currency

Real gdp per capita: $26,500 (2023 est.); $27,100 (2022 est.); $26,100 (2021 est.)
Note: data in 2021 dollars

Gross national saving

Gdp composition by end use
Household consumption: 67.2% (2023 est.)
Government consumption: 15.8% (2023 est.)
Investment in fixed capital: 19.1% (2023 est.)
Investment in inventories: 0.4% (2023 est.)
Exports of goods and services: 12.9% (2023 est.)
Imports of goods and services: -14.1% (2023 est.)
Note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection

Gdp composition by sector of origin
Agriculture: 6.1% (2023 est.)
Industry: 25.1% (2023 est.)
Services: 52.8% (2023 est.)
Note: figures may not total 100% due to non-allocated consumption not captured in sector-reported data

Agriculture products: maize, soybeans, wheat, sugarcane, milk, barley, sunflower seeds, beef, sorghum, chicken (2022)
Note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage

Industries: food processing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, textiles, chemicals and petrochemicals, printing, metallurgy, steel

Industrial production growth rate: -0.35% (2023 est.)
Note: annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency

Labor force: 21.906 million (2023 est.)
Note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Unemployment rate: 6.18% (2023 est.); 6.81% (2022 est.); 8.74% (2021 est.)
Note: % of labor force seeking employment

Youth unemployment
Rate ages 15 24 total: 18% (2023 est.)
Rate ages 15 24 male: 16.9% (2023 est.)
Rate ages 15 24 female: 19.5% (2023 est.)
Rate ages 15 24 note: % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment

Population below poverty line: 39.2% (2022 est.)
Note: % of population with income below national poverty line

Gini index

Household income or consumption by percentage share

Distribution of family income gini index

Budget
Revenues: $113.553 billion (2022 est.)
Expenditures: $138.622 billion (2022 est.)
Note: central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenses converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated

Taxes and other revenues: 11.15% (of GDP) (2022 est.)
Note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP

Public debt: 57.6% of GDP (2017 est.)

Revenue
From forest resources: 0.09% of GDP (2018 est.)
From coal: 0% of GDP (2018 est.)

Fiscal year

Inflation rate consumer prices: 25.7% (2017 est.); 26.5% (2016 est.)
Note: data are derived from private estimates

Central bank discount rate

Commercial bank prime lending rate

Stock of narrow money

Stock of broad money

Stock of domestic credit

Market value of publicly traded shares

Current account balance: -$21.494 billion (2023 est.); -$4.29 billion (2022 est.); $6.645 billion (2021 est.)
Note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars

Exports: $83.359 billion (2023 est.); $103.002 billion (2022 est.); $87.486 billion (2021 est.)
Note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars
Partners: Brazil 15%, China 9%, US 8%, Chile 6%, India 5% (2022)
Partners note: top five export partners based on percentage share of exports
Commodities: soybean meal, corn, soybean oil, wheat, trucks (2022)
Commodities note: top five export commodities based on value in dollars

Imports: $92.574 billion (2023 est.); $97.558 billion (2022 est.); $72.392 billion (2021 est.)
Note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars
Partners: China 21%, Brazil 20%, US 14%, Germany 3%, Paraguay 2% (2022)
Partners note: top five import partners based on percentage share of imports
Commodities: refined petroleum, vehicle parts/accessories, natural gas, fertilizers, cars (2022)
Commodities note: top five import commodities based on value in dollars

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: $23.081 billion (2023 est.); $44.795 billion (2022 est.); $39.653 billion (2021 est.)
Note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars

Debt external: $77.88 billion (2022 est.)
Note: present value of external debt in current US dollars

Stock of direct foreign investment at home

Stock of direct foreign investment abroad

Exchange rates:


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Electricity
Access electrification total population: 100% (2022 est.)
Installed generating capacity: 46.82 million kW (2022 est.)
Consumption: 127.98 billion kWh (2022 est.)
Exports: 31 million kWh (2022 est.)
Imports: 12.909 billion kWh (2022 est.)
Transmission/distribution losses: 29.877 billion kWh (2022 est.)
Generation sources fossil fuels: 65.3% of total installed capacity (2022 est.)
Generation sources nuclear: 5.2% of total installed capacity (2022 est.)
Generation sources solar: 2% of total installed capacity (2022 est.)
Generation sources wind: 9.7% of total installed capacity (2022 est.)
Generation sources hydroelectricity: 16.4% of total installed capacity (2022 est.)
Generation sources biomass and waste: 1.5% of total installed capacity (2022 est.)

Coal
Production: 1.318 million metric tons (2022 est.)
Consumption: 3.391 million metric tons (2022 est.)
Exports: 8,000 metric tons (2022 est.)
Imports: 2.196 million metric tons (2022 est.)
Proven reserves: 799.999 million metric tons (2022 est.)

Petroleum
Total petroleum production: 807,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)
Refined petroleum consumption: 706,000 bbl/day (2022 est.)
Crude oil estimated reserves: 2.483 billion barrels (2021 est.)

Crude oil

Refined petroleum

Natural gas
Production: 43.28 billion m³ (2022 est.)
Consumption: 46.228 billion m³ (2022 est.)
Exports: 3.422 billion m³ (2022 est.)
Imports: 6.229 billion m³ (2022 est.)
Proven reserves: 396.464 billion m³ (2021 est.)

Carbon dioxide emissions: 185.37 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2022 est.)
From coal and metallurgical coke: 5.392 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2022 est.)
From petroleum and other liquids: 89.464 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2022 est.)
From consumed natural gas: 90.515 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2022 est.)

Energy consumption per capita: 75.735 million Btu/person (2022 est.)


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Telephones
Fixed lines total subscriptions: 7.615 million (2022 est.)
Fixed lines subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 17 (2022 est.)
Mobile cellular total subscriptions: 60.236 million (2022 est.)
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 132 (2022 est.)

Telephone system

Broadcast media

Internet

Broadband fixed subscriptions


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Military expenditures: 0.8% of GDP (2024 est.); 0.5% of GDP (2023 est.); 0.6% of GDP (2022 est.); 0.8% of GDP (2021 est.); 0.8% of GDP (2020 est.)

Military and security forces: Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic (Fuerzas Armadas de la República Argentina): Argentine Army (Ejercito Argentino, EA), Navy of the Argentine Republic (Armada Republica, ARA; includes naval aviation and naval infantry), Argentine Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Argentina, FAA); Ministry of Security: Gendarmería Nacional Argentina (National Gendarmerie), Coast Guard (Prefectura Naval) (2024)
Note: all federal police forces are under the Ministry of Security

Military service age and obligation: 18-24 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; conscription suspended in 1995; citizens can still be drafted in times of crisis, national emergency, or war, or if the Defense Ministry is unable to fill all vacancies to keep the military functional (2024)
Note: as of 2023, women comprised nearly 20% of the active duty military

Space program

Terrorist groups: Hizballah
Note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in the Terrorism reference guide


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National air transport system
Number of registered air carriers: 6 (2020)
Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 107
Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 18,081,937 (2018)
Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 311.57 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix: LV

Airports: 756 (2024)

Heliports: 144 (2024)

Pipelines: 29,930 km gas, 41 km liquid petroleum gas, 6,248 km oil, 3,631 km refined products (2013)

Railways

Roadways
Total: 240,000 km
Paved: 81,355 km
Unpaved: 158,645 km (2017)

Waterways: 11,000 km (2012)

Merchant marine

Ports and terminals


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Disputes international

Refugees and internally displaced persons
Refugees country of origin: 217,742 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum, are recognized as refugees, or have received alternative legal stay) (2023)

Illicit drugs: counterfeiting, drug trafficking, and other smuggling offenses in the Tri-Border area; some money laundering organizations in the TBA have may have links to the terrorist organization Hizballah; a large producer of chemical precursors